Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-12-14
. GENERAL NEWS.

Company F. OF Mankato. will give an
entertainment next month, atwhich the
"Spy of Atlanta" will be presented.
Tho Postmaster General has ordered
that the free delivery system go into
effect at Mankato, January /, 1883.
y scvan year,o.d tlsasAter If Henry
Kendall, living near Pleasant Grove, was
running after some cattle in the field.
few days ago, when she. ran against a
barbed-wire fence and one Of the barbs
penetrated her forehead, from the effects
of which she died in five days afterwards.
St. Ansgar Enterprise: Frank Holmes
came down from Austin on visit Friday
and surprised his acquaintance here by
bringing along a young lady whom he
acknowledged was his wife. The young
lady in question was Miss Eva Germain,
we'll known to everyone in this place.
We extend to the newly married couple
the customary congratulations.
St. Ansgar Enterprise: Mrs. Rev. G.
L. Clausen died at her home in Austin
last Friday morning after long and pain
full illness. She has been in delicate
health for many years, and for the past
twelve months has been failing gradually.
Deceased was GO years of age. Herlarge
number of relatives and personal friends
in st. Ansgar were panied to learn of her
death, although it did not come unex-
pected. The funeral services were held
at Austin Monday, and large number
from St. Ansgar and vicinity were in at
tendance. Mrs. Clausen was lady high
" esteemed by all who had the pleasure
of making her acquaintance and was the
mother of the first white male child born
ia Mitchell county.
A party of nine hundred natives of
Norway, Sweden and Denmark, now resi-
dents of the Northwest, assembled in
Chicago last week for visit to the old
country. The holiday season IS favored
one for trips to the old country by the
Scandinavian residents of the northwest.
Their enterprising and frugal habits
enable them to make these pleasant trips
frequently. Their prosperity is in marked
contrast with those elements that have
allowed the anarchist and socialist ideas
to get possession of them.
Northwestern Chronicle: With this
sudden burst of winter it is proper to
state emphatically the solemn fact that
the acquisition of alcohol through the
mouth lowers the temperature and tends
to make one cold. Science, OF course,
does nots attempt TO contradict the fact
that drink warns one at first, but the
effect is soon gone, and then the drinker
is worse than ever. A specious argument
may then be advanced in favor of more
drinks. but If you want to keep warm, or
as warm as possible, don't drink.
Winona Republican,: Gov. Gray, of
Indiana, has investigated for himself the
charges of cruelty at the State refolma-
tory for women. and finds that brutal
punishments are in vogue there. String
ing up" by the wrists and whipping on
the bare back are not of rare occurrence.
The Governor will do his best to have
the prisoners punished by solitary con.
finement instead of fogging. 1t is
somewhat remarkable fact. by the way,
that this reformatory is under the manage
ment of women, and the severe punish
ment inflicted on the refractory occupants
was inflicted under their orders. Are the
fair sex naturally more cruel than mens